> What Obama said yesterday.
> 'Iran played South Korea last week. The game was televised live throughout the Islamic Republic and six of the Iranian team wore green armbands to show support for the opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Yesterday they paid heavily for their audacity. They were "retired" from the game for life.'
> 'A photo showing Iranian clerics prominently participating in an anti-government protest speaks volumes about the new face of Iran's opposition movement.'
> There's more here from Ramin Jahanbegloo (after this earlier piece): 'the true hero of the Iranian civic movement is the emerging republican model of nonviolent resistance and non-ideological politics that provide the clearest guideline and vision for Iran's gradual transition to an open society.'> The Supreme Leader decries bullying: 'Hours later, witnesses said, security forces used clubs and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.'
> 'On Monday afternoon we had planned to hold a memorial service at the mosque. But the authorities there and the paramilitary group, the Basij, wouldn't allow it. They were afraid that lots of people could turn up at the event. So as things stand now, we are not allowed to hold any gatherings to remember Neda.'